Top Sweethearts: Russell and Cherre Cain

About Russell and Cherre Cain

Family: Married 16 years. Two daughters: Kelley, married to Tom Wortham, with children Travis and Walker; and Kamme, married to Hugh Jons, with children Alivia, Tres and Josephine.

Wedding anniversary: Sept. 14, 1996

The Cains were chosen as one of the Top Sweethearts because of the way they came to know each other through a personal ad in Texas Monthly.

They were nominated by Jan Regan.

“Russell’s golfing buddies put an ad in the Texas Monthly Magazine at Christmas of 1995. ... Cherre Walker grew up in Lubbock and had lived in Kerrville. (They) carried on a two-week phone conversation. (They) decided to meet at the Dairy Queen in Floresville.” – Jan Regan

What are your most romantic moments you've shared as a couple?

Russell: Looking at the moon together over Lavaca Bay and going to Playa del Carmen in Mexico.

Cherre: Trips to Mexico or cold Texas evenings with a fire enjoying a purple sunset in Texas Hill Country.

What is your favorite thing about your partner?

Russell about Cherre: So full of imagination and so creative. Never a dull moment.

Cherre about Russell: Generous! He just knows how to make anything and everything happen.

When did you know you were going to spend the rest of your lives together?

Russell: When she walked out of the restaurant with her smile and her hips were moving side to side.

Cherre: The day I met him, I knew I had finally met the man who moves so fast that I would have to keep up with him. Not him with me.

How do you think your family and friends would describe the two of you as a couple?

Russell: Match made in heaven.

Cherre: Pamper each other with surprises and love to travel with the kids and grandkids.

What's the wildest thing you and your partner have ever done together?

Russell: Limo trip to Corpus and the San Antonio River boat. And she saw all her family on her 50th birthday and she said, "Now what have you done? What a surprise!"

Cherre: My surprise 50th, walking along the Riverwalk in San Antonio, this barge comes by with my entire family and friends. Then, a wonderful weekend with all of us cooking together, which means he usually doesn't make it home in time. So he has someone come in to prep while I cook, . I make a mess, and he cleans up!

What traditions do you have when celebrating your anniversary?

Russell: Birthdays are always a surprise because her birthday is also Valentine's Day.